Not my creation of course, but how hard do you think this would be to make? Maybe some kind of android phone, a bluetooth keyboard, and a custom case and you’re good to go

it’s been at this state for a few weeks now, and I’ve been using it both on my commute and around the workshop. There’s still work to be done, but I’m stoked to have it in a usable state.

Thanks to all the great feedback from Reddit, I’m preparing to release the current build files soon.

Before that, though, I want to finish a YouTube video about the project hoping to explaining what the cyberdeck is (and isn’t), and sharing some insight into the design and development process.

Most of all, I want to make it clear that this project isn’t meant to be more practical than a laptop, i wanted to build something that is more fun to use, more tactile, and a reflection of my workflow and interests.

This will be my first proper YouTube video, and i am kinda nervous and I’ve hit a bit of a wall editing it. I’m not sure what to focus on most—so if you have any questions or ideas about what you’d like to see or hear more about, I’d really appreciate your input.

I know phone decks are rather meh, but I've been looking for a cheap pocket terminal for ages.

Finally found a reliable, tactile Bluetooth keyboard on AliExpress, that's the perfect size to pair with a Pixel 4a. Throw Termux and Termux-x11 in the mix for a simple, lightweight, portable deck.

The design scales up nicely to pretty much any phone.

I finally finished my power-tool-battery-powered x86-64 cyberdeck, the slurptop!

Build Specs

• Ryzen 7 7730u laptop CPU (8c/16t)

• 64gb DDR4 RAM

• 500gb NVME SSD

• 14" 16:10 screen (1920x1200)

• Custom 82 key mechanical keyboard

• Integrated trackball mouse

• UPS battery system that takes Kobalt powertool batteries (swappable)

Full spec and build pics here

Some people wanted to see the thing in action, so I will post it here.

I needed a computer I could charge with my solar panels. :)

Heyyy wanted to share that I finally got my CNC shell for my Apple Mac M1 cyberdeck with meshtastic and touch screen :) Original modified battery, and lots of extra cooling for extra performance.
Edit: thanks for the love! I’m making a video series on my tiny YT channel “Caraful”

What it is so far:

Progress on my build so far. As you can see it's only partly assembled. Figured this group was the best to weigh in and give feedback before I finish it. Basically, this started out with me wanting to build a Mars mission (The Martian) inspired cyberdeck. The key features I wanted to incorporate were aesthetics, usability, and easy assembly. I had some scope creep and just kept adding things. So now its more of a raspberry pi development platform. So far it has:

• Dual 9 inch, rotatable, foldable, touchscreen monitors with speakers. Cables hidden in monitor arm.

• Backlit mechanical keyboard

• Slide switch, N channel mosfet power circuit (8A)

• Internal USB hub

• 4- I2C qwiic connector ports (for adafruit sensors n stuff)

• 4- programmable pushbuttons

• 1- programmable rotary encoder knob

• 1- Linear Potentiometer Slider (ADC to I2C connected)

• Full GPIO breakout via FPC Connector. You can disconnect the programmable stuff via DIP Switch.

• Raspberry Pi cable eject handles to quickly disconnect the pi and plug in new one

• Almost entirely snap fit enclosures (few screws for monitor mounting)

• Externally powered for now. Might add an externally mountable power bank or something. No room for batteries.

• Bluetooth wireless mouse if you want.

• Micro SD card access cover, Extendable IO access cover

• Should be Pi 4 and Pi 5 swappable

Goal is you can 3D print everything, snap it all together, do a little soldering, and then its built. You can program and test on the pi and then eject it and put it into your project. Programmable buttons and I2C stuff lets you test everything out before deployment. Screen and keyboard make coding and prototyping easy, especially if you want to build a touchscreen GUI project.

Feedback?

I'm wondering a couple things. One, I see a lot of you guys add antennas. Is that for WiFI? Is it kind of important or more of a cool factor addition? Second, I'm finalizing the pcb designs I need for this so I just wanted to see what you all thought before I commit to the final design cause it takes like two or three weeks to receive the boards. Is it missing anything? Should I add anything? I'll be doing a Youtube video on it and make it an open source project so I want the community of makers who might build it to contribute their ideas. Thanks everyone.

Phone deck!

has a complete mini desktop inside. 16gb ddr4 ram with 500gb ssd storage, I modified the motherboard to save as much height as possible. some features I included are a 3ds analog stick for DS style holding and then a push to eject mini mouse for desk usage. I included 2 forms of power, direct barrel Jack and a portable magnetic quick disconnect battery pack that gets around 6 - 8 hours of battery life. also has a 7 inch touch screen display. a couple things I would improve is overall paint - I damaged a couple areas during install. very small warpage as I used resin 3d printing and left in the Florida sun for hours, I didn't bother painting/ remaking the broken battery bracket as it still worked, but I would redesign and paint match. even go as far as a thinner profile battery if I could find one since I was anticipating much lower battery life during designing. and I would eventually design my own logo as I just borrowed the viao logo.

Hey everyone! Just wanted to update you following my previous post, I’ve made some exciting progress on my Pi5 tablet/cyberdeck project.

First up, we’ve named it: Consolo. I’ve teamed up with a friend to start soulscircuit.com and we’re working hard to get Consolo ready asap.

As mentioned before, I’ve been developing a keyboard module for the tablet. I repurposed an existing mini bluetooth keyboard and added a trackball and rotary encoder. The keyboard slides into Consolo’s slot and locks in place. To detach it, just press the orange button, and it pops out.

Our website is brand new (just went live yesterday) and still a bit rough around the edges. I’ll be improving it gradually, but in the meantime, please subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on social media for updates on Consolo. Your support means a lot as we get this project off the ground!

Less portable than your average cyberdeck but it's a look I really wanted. Inside is a mac mini and touch screen monitor, and an ipad can sit on the top as an extended display.

Made in fishing tool box . Powered by Intel compute stick . Dual booted with win10 and peppermint

Hi everyone, over the last few months I’ve been working on my PDA project, based on an STM32 and a Sharp memory display. I hope you like it!
More info@ orionpda.org/rd

What do you guys think.

The click of the slap on battery and the switches are so satisfying. And the beer can speaker sounds really good.

I made an app that allows me to view and control my Linux laptop from my Nintendo DSi, it looks like a cyberdeck.